WOC-ly OUTING CLUB CALENDAR Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2023 The late-afternoon edition... All events are open to the Williams College community. ------------------------------ Announcements Overland Summers Info Session - Wednesday, November 1st, 7pm Overland Office (10 Walden St., 3rd Floor - right above Spoon & the bookstore) Love the outdoors? Seeking an exciting, leadership-oriented summer opportunity? Overland <https://overlandsummers.com/lead-us/> hires college students and recent graduates to lead eight weeks of hiking, language, and service trips across the country and around the world. Whether you're hiking in the Swiss Alps, restoring trails in Alaska, learning Spanish in the Pyrenees, or rock climbing in Maine, the job offers an opportunity to hone leadership skills, forge friendships, and engineer positive, formative experiences for young people. Join us at our info session to learn more about leading for Overland. We'll explain the goals of the experience, the nuances of the trips we offer, the logistics of how it all happens, and answer any questions you have. We'll be in the Overland Office (10 Walden St.) from 7pm-8pm on Wednesday, November 1st. We hope you'll join us! 🍃 FALL 🍂 FOLIAGE 🍁 BACKPACKING!! Weekend of November 11 WOC is planning a low/medium length backpacking trip in two weekends! We will be going to Monroe State Forest, about 30 minutes east of Williamstown. Food will be backcountry gourmet (cinnamon rolls?? homemade ramen?? chip drink??). Yum! We are deciding between leaving Friday (Nov 10) or Saturday (Nov 11), in the early afternoon (around 12 or 1pm). The trip will be one SPECTACULAR night overnight, and will be back before noon the next day. You know what they say: what happens in Monroe State Forest… stays in Monroe State Forest. Anyways, we (Sam and Brianna) are stoked! Email [log in to unmask] if interested; and if so, let us know which day (Friday, Saturday, or either) works better. See you there!! HIKECEUM– Invite a professor/staff member on a leisurely hike and enjoy the outdoors together! If you liked Doddceum or Lyceum, check out Hikeceum, WOC’s NEW version of outdoor bonding with a professor or staff member over a hike. This leisurely students and staff hike/walk will be held on Saturday November 11th from 1:00 - 2:30 PM on a beautiful Fall morning in Hopkins Memorial Forest. The sign-up form will be released on the WOC-ly calendar later this week…keep an eye out for it and in the meantime invite your favorite professor or staff member!! ------------------------------ Facility Schedules The WOC Equipment Room Will be open M – Th, 12:30 —1:30 PM, & F 12–2 pm - Level M Paresky Bouldering Barn Open Hours Come visit the WOC Bouldering Facility located on Walden St. and Hoxsey. Climbing shoes and chalk are provided. Bring a water bottle! There will only be room for 10 climbers and 1 staff person in the space at one time. Before walking to the Bouldering Barn click here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TMtESwb7dl0YrNcxJMynyM5tbV8bLknjo-1rlRKQbOw/edit?usp=sharing> to check the (mostly) current number of users in the building. M & W 7 pm - 9 pm, The Bouldering Barn will be closed for Halloween on 10/31 Th 4 pm - 7 pm (Thursday 4-5:30pm are non-cis-male hours), F 2 - 4 pm Sa & Su 2 pm - 5 pm ------------------------------ Activities - (Click here for extra information - i.e. mileage, elevation, etc. <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O-2w9LpiW2ICscMcsi7WFAC-3DVTkAwP41wcyJ9Qcfo/edit?usp=sharing> ) Friday: WOW (Water of the Week) WOW!!! What better way to celebrate the end of the week than a little swim in some beautiful refreshing local water? Lucky for you, Water of the Week is here. Join the water-loving Brianna and Innes on an excursion to the Cascades trail where we’ll hike, swim and hang for a bit before heading back to campus. We’ve had to cancel the last few weeks because of rain and sickness, but we persist. One day, surely, we’ll make it to the fabled Cascades! Meet behind Resky at 4:30 with something to swim in and a towel getting back no later than 6:15! ! Sign up on this form <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17x-HAj3oXQ7a6U_lnOn0sA3ygrNEk_-WtGBPFi981J8/edit?usp=sharing> to be WOWed!!! Email [log in to unmask] with any questions :)) Sunday: Late RISERS hike to STONY LEDGE! Come celebrate the end? Start? Of daylight savings time by FALLing back on your HAUNCHES and going on a HIKE. Join CHRIS flores and Sam D on a lovely 9am trek up the Roaring Brook trail to Stony Ledge to peep some FOLIAGE, make some FRIENDS, and take a break from your MIDTERMS. It will be BEAUTIFUL. Bring a pair of sturdy HIKING BOOTS and a WARM LAYER. Expect a ~5 mile hike up that will be steep at points and possibly muddy. Meet @ WOC equipment room (down the back stairs in Paresky) at 9. Sign up here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17x-HAj3oXQ7a6U_lnOn0sA3ygrNEk_-WtGBPFi981J8/edit?usp=sharing>, and email [log in to unmask] with any questions! TALLEST WHITE PINE TREES Hike (Mohawk Trail State Forest) Distance: 3.4 miles round-trip Difficulty: Moderate. During our hike, we will see some of the tallest recorded white pine trees in New England! We will leave at 9:30 am. Sign up here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17x-HAj3oXQ7a6U_lnOn0sA3ygrNEk_-WtGBPFi981J8/edit?usp=sharing>, and email [log in to unmask] with any questions! Hopkins Forest Trail Running 4-5PM!!! RUNNING. TRAILS. NATURE. FALL. LEAVES. Now that we have your undivided attention, join Charlie Halverson and Claire McDonald for an amazing sunset evening trail run to de-stress and revel in the lovely nature of Hopkins Forest :) We will be meeting and leaving from Paresky Steps @ 4PM!! Trail running shoes or running sneakers recommended! CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYYYY! Sign up with this form <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17x-HAj3oXQ7a6U_lnOn0sA3ygrNEk_-WtGBPFi981J8/edit?usp=sharing>. Email [log in to unmask] with any questions! The Williams Outing Club (est. 1915) ------------------------------ Find us online at woc.williams.edu and @WOCstagram <https://www.instagram.com/wocstagram/>! 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